SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 528
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 195328
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11  Senator Pruitt moved the following amendment to amendment
12  (831592):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 285, between lines 10 and 11,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 154.  (1)  The Department of Financial Services
19  shall, no later than November 1, 2004, notify the Department
20  of Business and Professional Regulation of its intention to
21  contract with the Department of Business and Professional
22  Regulation, another governmental agency, or a private business
23  for the implementation of a system for the administration of
24  the overall licensing process, including the processing and
25  tracking of applications for licensure, the issuance of
26  licenses approved by the board, the tracking of licenses
27  issued, the administration of the license renewal process, and
28  the collection and processing of fees relating to those
29  activities. If the Department of Financial Services elects to
30  contract with the Department of Business and Professional
31  Regulation for the services described in this subsection, they
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 528
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 195328
 1  shall enter into a contract no later than February 1, 2005, to
 2  become effective upon the effective date of this act. If the
 3  Department of Financial Services elects not to contract with
 4  the Department of Business and Professional Regulation for
 5  those services, the Department of Financial Services shall
 6  begin working with the Department of Business and Professional
 7  Regulation no later than February 1, 2005, for the conversion
 8  of those services, which conversion is to be completed before
 9  September 1, 2005.
10         (2)  The Department of Financial Services shall, no
11  later than November 1, 2004, notify the Department of Business
12  and Professional Regulation of its intention to contract with
13  the Department of Business and Professional Regulation for the
14  development, preparation, administration, scoring, score
15  reporting, and evaluation of all examinations. If the
16  Department of Financial Services elects to contract with the
17  Department of Business and Professional Regulation for the
18  services described in this subsection, they shall enter into a
19  contract no later than February 1, 2005, to become effective
20  upon the effective date of this act. If the Department of
21  Financial Services elects not to contract with the Department
22  of Business and Professional Regulation for those services,
23  the Department of Financial Services shall begin working with
24  the Department of Business and Professional Regulation no
25  later than February 1, 2005, for the conversion of those
26  services, which conversion is to be completed before September
27  1, 2005.
28         (3)  The Department of Financial Services shall, no
29  later than November 1, 2004, notify the Department of Business
30  and Professional Regulation of its intention to contract with
31  the Department of Business and Professional Regulation,
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
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    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 195328
 1  another governmental agency, or a private business for the
 2  continuing education compliance monitoring systems and
 3  services. If the Department of Financial Services elects to
 4  contract with the Department of Business and Professional
 5  Regulation for the services described in this subsection, they
 6  shall enter into a contract no later than February 1, 2005, to
 7  become effective upon the effective date of this act. If the
 8  Department of Financial Services elects not to contract with
 9  the Department of Business and Professional Regulation for
10  those services, the Department of Financial Services shall
11  begin working with the Department of Business and Professional
12  Regulation no later than February 1, 2005, for the conversion
13  of those services, which conversion is to be completed before
14  September 1, 2005.
15         (4)  No later than July 1, 2005, the Department of
16  Financial Services shall begin to consult at least biweekly
17  with prosecuting attorneys and investigators of the Department
18  of Business and Professional Regulation to ensure the
19  transition of pending disciplinary matters.
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21  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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25  And the title is amended as follows:
26         On page 287, line 18, after the semicolon,
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28  insert:
29         providing for a transitional timeline and
30         procedures;
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